Is it right?

At least ten killed in a shooting rampage in Alabama. At least eleven dead in Germany, also killed by a deranged gunman. It's a day like this that makes me wonder about bringing a child into a world like this. I know that's a trite sentiment. But listening to the Sheriff's deputy whose wife and baby were killed in Alabama sickened me. At my core, I'm faced with the knowledge that creating a new life in these circumstances is a purely selfish act. Society views couples who choose not to procreate as selfish. But how could they be?

I guess it's an evolutionary thing. The desire to have a child of my own, to carry on my gene pool (and my husband's) overrides any intellectual argument against having kids. More later.